Pilots tip of the Week: Forced Landing Checklist
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"I had an engine failure on downwind and a forced landing in a plowed corn field. I spent the last 500 feet concentrating on landin...
This is from my own personal reflection. When I first learned ho...aking off was no problem, but landing was scary. It was...n row that I started to enjoy landings. It was much later, tw...pilots who are more scared of landing than taking off. I tell...
Most trike pilots do not land at night due to license restriction or go...h planning. Many do not have a landing light. These factors an...seen circumstances and find yourself landing in the dark are good reasons.../www.pilotworkshop.com/tips/no_light_landin...
Pilot's Tip of the Week: "How should we approach landings at a strange field with no wind socks if we suspect a cross wind m...should certainly have a general idea of what winds to expect at our landin...
Free 8-minute audio by Rod Machado where he offers tips and tactics for landing in gusty conditions. Rod explains:
The hidden hazards assoc...alls from wind shear
Recommended set up and configuration for landin...
Morning is the time to fly. Unless it was blowing ha...s in the pattern. Every landing is perfect. This...minate any apprehension about landing. Your confidence builds...n the pattern, fatal crash on landing.
The key to avoid t...
we, ken and i had driven his ford 'exploder' dragging a hu...s inpenetrable darkness, i was able to follow kens lights and at about 100ft behind him...camping out and had the sense to turn on their headlights when they heard the rotax, so...
I always wondered why pilots are often like this ...
Why Pilots Love to Vilif...d easy answers to incidents like the wrong-airport landing of the 747 in Wichita isn&rsq...rd to understand.
Soon after the wrong-airport landin...
Trikes are the ultimate recreational exploration vehicle. As long as yo...ring about many crashes that involve landing on a dirt road. It take..." bragging rights you get from landing on the dirt road.
A dirt...I learned this the hard way after landin...